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During the game Sunday, two starters,
Darrius Heyward-Bey and
Maurkice Pouncey, left the game with injuries. Pouncey came back for a brief time before leaving permanently.
Pouncey, who suffered a dislocated thumb on his snapping hand, underwent surgery to repair the dislocated finger, and although most would think this would leave the team short-handed at center for a few weeks, Tomlin didn’t rule out Pouncey returning to practice by the end of the week.
Getting Pouncey back in a big game against the
Dallas Cowboys in Week 10 would be a huge boost for the black and gold as they try to right the ship and break their current losing streak.
In other injury news, Darrius Heyward-Bey suffered a foot sprain, leaving his availability for Sunday’s game very much in question; however, this is where it is nice to have a healthy Markus Wheaton waiting in the wings. Wheaton would see significant snaps if Heyward-Bey is unable to play.
Other than Pouncey and Heyward-Bey,
DeAngelo Williams is getting his knee evaluated from team physicians, which could limit him some this week, and Tomlin also added
Ben Roethlisberger could be limited in the early portions of the week as well, stating he still isn’t 100-percent coming off his knee surgery.
The good news continued for the Steelers as Tomlin said both
Marcus Gilbert (foot) and
Cameron Heyward (hamstring) had no ill effects of their first game action in several weeks. A good sign for them to have a clean bill of health moving forward.
